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Grace storms through Caribbean as Fred weakens to tropical wave

Tropical Storm Grace was moving west towards the Leeward Island after it formed in the Caribbean. WhileFred has weakened to a tropical wave as it moved into the Gulf of Mexico, butthe U.S. Nationa

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BREAKING: Haiti hit by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake

A 7.2 magnitudeearthquake struck Haiti at around 8:30 a.m. local time on Saturday, according to the American Seismological Center. Significant damage has already been reported from the quake, whos

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Israel set to approve new West Bank settlements

The Israeli government is set to approve new construction in the West Bank, for both Jewish settlers and Palestinians. Building in the area had been on hold for nearly a year.The permits will be t

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It's back to school in the U.S.

Click to see more Click to see more Click to see more Click to see more Click to see more Click to see more Students around the U.S. are headed bac

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Israel discovers 1,700-year-old lump of coins

Photo shows the 1,700-year-old coins found at the HaBonim Beach in the eastern Mediterranean, about 25 km south of the northern Israeli city of Haifa. (Photo by the Israel Antiquities Authority v

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Jerry raises $75M at a $450M valuation to build a car ownership ‘super app’

Just months after raising $28 million, Jerry announced today that it has raised $75 million in a Series C round that values the company at $450 million.Existing backer Goodwater Capital doubled down o

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Scientists discover new flesh-eating plant growing in boggy areas near cities

Although the herb had previously been known to science, nobody had previously realised that it was capturing and eating prey.

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U.S. failed to fight COVID-19 pandemic: Chinese think tanks

02:37 Three Chinese think tanks published a joint research report on Monday criticizing the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic.The Chongyang Institute for Financial

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Province puts money where its operatic mouth is

The five-minute-long dance Tang Dynasty Banquet on Henan TV. [Photo/China Daily] Henan has once again demonstrated its tremendous commitment to celebrating traditional art by opening 21 opera t

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Afghan forces launch counter-offensive in Kunduz

FILE PHOTO: Afghan National Army stand guard at a checkpoint along a road. /Getty Images Amid the Taliban's attempts to capture more cities in Afghanistan, the defense ministry launched counte

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Liberia's COVID-19 fight receives major boost

CPF Image Liberia's fight against COVID-19 has received a major boost after the country on Friday rolled out 302,400 doses of the Johnson and Jonson (JJ) COVID-19 Vaccine.The West African coun

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Kenya’s Wapi Pay raises $2.2M pre-seed for cross-border payments between Africa and Asia

According to the World Bank, it is more expensive to send money to sub-Saharan African than to any region in the world. It is also the most expensive region to send money from. In Q1 2020, people spen

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Climate change making forests more vulnerable to wildfires

03:15 With wildfires devastating vast swathes of the U.S. West, President Joe Biden ​is calling for 'urgent action' to respond to conditions and mitigate the continued threat.He met Fri

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COVID-19 origin tracing: Politicized into conspiracy - experts

The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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The Art of the Party: March of a million troops

02:10 The War of Liberation in China started in 1945.Between 1948 and 1949, the Nationalist Party suffered consecutive defeats against the Chinese Communist Party, and

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European Investment Fund puts $30M in Fabric Ventures’ new $120M digital assets fund

Despite their rich engineering talent, Blockchain entrepreneurs in the EU often struggle to find backing due to the dearth of large funds and investment expertise in the space. But a big move takes pl

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Facebook warns of ‘headwinds’ to its ad business from regulators and Apple

Facebook posted its second quarter earnings Wednesday, beating expectations with $29 billion in revenue.The world’s biggest social media company was expected to report $27.8 billion in revenue f